Great start to the Olympic final! Czech climber Adam Ondra started the fight for medals in fourth place in his weakest discipline of speed. With a time of 6.86, he significantly improved his personal record. He has his unpopular part behind him and now he can concentrate on bouldering. It starts at 11:30, in a detailed online report you can watch it on Sport.cz.
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Personal record again! Climber Adam Ondra improved his maximum again in the Olympic final in the speed discipline.
Maxim Shemetov, Reuters
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Despite an improved personal maximum, Ondra lost to the winner of the qualification, the Frenchman Mickaël Maw. The speed was controlled by the Spaniard Alberto Ginés in front of the home favorite Tomo Narasaki.
Twenty-eight-year-old Ondra, who finished fifth in qualifying, had to face Frenchman Bassa Maw at the start of the elimination round. However, the speed specialist and the holder of the fastest Olympic time tore his biceps at the end of the qualification and did not enter the final.
Climber Adam Ondra in the Olympic final in the speed discipline.
Tsuyoshi Ueda, ČTK / AP
Ondra started the competition himself, with a time of 7.44 he improved his personal record by two hundredths. He knocked down another 41 hundredths in the semifinals, but Ginés was almost half a second faster. Against Mickaël Mawem, Ondra pressed the time for less than seven seconds for the first time in his career, but the favored Frenchman was still 39 hundredths faster. Nevertheless, the Czech Republic radiated great satisfaction.
The premiere of sport climbing under five circles continues at 11:30 CEST with bouldering, at the end today there are eight finalists of climbing on difficulty. In both disciplines, Ondra has become world champion in the past. The overall winner will be the competitor with the lowest product of all three places.
Medal chances for Ondra are growing, the star Frenchman has resigned
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